Friday, February 3, 2012

The ferries were running today, but the planes were grounded due to fog. There wasn’t much of a horizon when we opened the curtains this morning – the ocean and the sky blended together. The fog seemed to have cleared at our place by noon, but when I went to pick up Margaret I could see it lingering further up the hill.

Margaret finally got a date for her surgery. She will need a lot of trips to the hospital and doctor in the days leading up to the surgery, and the same on the days following. They will keep her in overnight (at least) and I’m glad of that. I couldn’t imagine her having the surgery and then being sent home the same day. I have a few conflicts in my schedule, but I think I can make her appointments and my commitments all work.

I thought I would get started on my quilting today, but I got distracted. I had to run some checks on my machine tension so started some practice projects. And now I need to finish the practice projects before I can get started on the quilting. All this extra time is helping me make decisions about how I want to do the quilting. My plans have changed a few times, but I’m quite confident my brain knows what to do now. The questions is, Can I make my hands and machine do what I want?

We went out for dinner tonight and the fog has definitely descended again. We could see the moon overhead, but it is socked in at ground level.